PCR melting profile (PCR MP) - A new tool for differentiation of Candida albicans strains

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 177-

  Krawczyk, Beata ^a   Leibner Ciszak, Justyna ^a   Mielech, Anna ^a   Nowak, Magdalena ^a   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA RESTRICTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 70749146443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-177     Document Type: Article

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